Feel anxious? Have trouble sleeping? You may be traveling for business too often. People who travel for business two weeks or more a month report more symptoms of anxiety and depression and are more likely to smoke, be sedentary and report trouble sleeping than those who travel one to six nights a month. Among those who consume alcohol, extensive business travel is associated with symptoms of alcohol dependence. Poor behavioral and mental health outcomes significantly increased as the number of nights away from home for business travel rose. Source 9q.
These jobs usually pay more and have more perks associated with them. I guess it is not worth it with these added effects, as well as the effects on relationships with family and friends.
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